God's jealousy means that God continually seeks to protect his own honor. People sometimes have trouble thinking that jealousy is a desirable attribute in God. This is because jealousy for our own honor is human beings is almost always wrong. We are not to be proud, but humble. Yet we must realize that the reason pride is wrong is a theological reason: it is that we do not deserve the honor that belongs to God alone (1 Corinthians 4:7, Revelations 4:11). It is not wrong for God to seek his own honor, however, for he deserves it fully.
Quoted from "Bible Doctrine: Essential Teachings of the Christian Faith" by Wayne A. Grudem, Jeff Purswell.
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